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Fast Fridays: First-time sidecar riders take it to the extreme
The weather was hot, but the racing was even hotter for week nine of the 2024 season at Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway in Auburn. With temperature breaking 108 degrees, it cooled off nicely as race time was near, and the track shaded by the pine trees at the Gold Country Fairgrounds made it perfect for racing.
Straight to State: Auburn Seniors sweep Section 4 Tournament, advance to NorCal State Championship
The Auburn Little League Senior All-Stars will live to see another weekend of baseball, as they swept the competition at the Section 4 Tournament this week at El Camino High School. After winning the District 11 Tournament, Auburn advanced to the Section 4 Tournament for the right to see which...
Loomis' Alex Obert is out of retirement and heading to Paris Olympics for water polo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Going for the three-peat and hopefully gold, Loomis water polo player Alex Obert is heading to the Paris Olympics. The Del Oro High School grad retired after the Tokyo Olympics, got married, had a child and started a finance job with Experian. Last year, Obert got...
Auburn’s Forsberg gets 72nd Placerville Speedway win
Sprint racer shares victory lane with Michael Faccinto, Josef Ferolito and Nick Baldwin on Red Hawk Casino night. Auburn’s Andy Forsberg snagged the lead on an early restart and dominated the remainder of the way to grab his 72nd career Placerville Speedway Winged Sprint Car triumph on Saturday night.
From the Auburn Journal archive: 1956 - Milk, it does a ballplayer good
In this photo from the July 5, 1956, edition of the Auburn Journal, a refreshing drink of milk is supplied to these members of the Placer Savings and Auburn 20-30 Boys League teams by Nathan Anderson of Anderson Brothers Dairy. The dairy started the practice of supplying each of the four teams with cold milk after each game of Saturday’s doubleheader in observance of June, which was dairy month. They will continue the practice through the Boys League season. The dairy is situated off the Grass Valley Highway, and a processing plant is located at Elder’s Corner.
Shane Golobic Wins at Placerville
PLACERVILLE, CA (July 4, 2024) — Shane Golobic won the winged 360 sprint car feature Thursday night at Placerville Speedway. Golobic, from Freemont, California, took the lead from Dylan Bloomfield on lap 14 of the 25-lap feature event and drove away to a 0.782 second advantage at the finish. Bloomfield, Tony Gomes, Michael Faccinto, and Austin Wood rounded out the top five.
Placer wraps up summer with passing league
The next time the Placer football team gets together, it will be the first official day of practice. High school football season is just weeks away and teams all around the area put the finishing touches on their summer workout sessions. With the Sac-Joaquin Section mandatory dead period taking place from July 1-14, the final week of June is crucial to teams to end on a high note.
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